Shaping Science:
Orientalism and Archaeology
Orientalism
Edward Said's "Orientalism"
Tim Mitchell
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Biblical Archaeology and Nationalism
“…Western
archaeological exploration of Palestine must be viewed as a part of the larger
Western penetration of the region…American Biblical Archaeology filled a
particular ideological niche.”
“In fact, the problems that were trivial to normal science become the archetypes of the new science. Individuals who were yesterday’s madmen become today’s heroes as the revolutionary paradigm seeks its history and vindication.”
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Yehya: archaeology “political and partial”
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